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Congress
House Passes $95 Billion Foreign War Bills
by Will Porter | Apr 20, 2024 | News
US lawmakers passed a raft of legislation containing some $95 billion in military aid for Ukraine, Israel, and Taiwan, also approving a bill that will allow Washington to hand Kiev assets seized from Russia and pave the way for a ban on TikTok.
News Roundup 4/19/2024
by Kyle Anzalone | Apr 19, 2024 | News Roundup
US News New Hampshire GOP Adds ‘Defend the Guard’ to Party Platform AWC US Government Rejects Australia’s Call To End Assange Case, Submits 'Assurances' For Extradition The Dissenter Speaker Johnson Unveils $95 Billion Foreign Military Aid Bills AWC New Amendment...
The “Israel Has the Most Moral Army in the World” Trope
by Jeremy R. Hammond | Apr 18, 2024 | Blog
Delusional supporters of Israel’s genocide in Gaza claim the IDF is “the most moral army in the world”. Here’s the stark reality.
New Amendment Would Force Reps Who Support Ukraine Aid to Join Kiev’s Military
by Kyle Anzalone | Apr 18, 2024 | News
Republican Rep. Majorie Taylor-Greene has proposed an amendment requiring lawmakers who vote in favor of the $60 billion Ukrainian aid bill to join the country’s military. Taylor-Greene and Rep. Thomas Massie (R-KY) have pledged to remove House Speaker Mike Johnson...
Congress Condemns Pro-Palestine Slogan as ‘Antisemitic’
by Will Porter | Apr 17, 2024 | News
US lawmakers voted overwhelmingly to condemn a popular pro-Palestinian slogan as “antisemitic.”
New Hampshire GOP Adds ‘Defend the Guard’ to Party Platform
by Michael Granger | Apr 17, 2024 | Blog
With a resounding "Aye," Defend the Guard was made an official part of the New Hampshire Republican Party platform. On Saturday, April 13, the New Hampshire GOP held a meeting to vote on platform amendments. Among the list of proposals was the following text: "Demand...
FISA Exchanges Real Liberty for Phantom Security
by Ron Paul | Apr 17, 2024 | Featured Articles
House Speaker Mike Johnson betrayed liberty and the Constitution by making a full-court press to get a “clean” reauthorization of Section 702 of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance (FISA) Act through the House. Section 702 authorizes warrantless surveillance of...
Blog
The Shame of Veterans Day
A photograph taken on the morning of March 8, 1906, on the eastern crest of Bud Dajo. (John R. White Papers, Knight Library, University of Oregon) “Happy Veterans Day and thank you for your service” or “thanks for protecting our freedom.” The events at Bud Dajo in the...
Some Things Never Change
"The condition upon which God hath given liberty to man is eternal vigilance; which condition if he break, servitude is at once the consequence of his crime and the punishment of his guilt.” --John Philpot Curran, Irish statesman, 1790
Anti-War Blog – Remember
The 11th of November, specifically at 11AM is a sacred time that has taken on a religious observance among the victorious of World War One. A time to officially remember those who died in that war and the many others since, often with the observation of silence for a...
Rust-Bucket Life Extension for the Win
Ticonderoga Class Arleigh Burke Class It seems counterintuitive but keeping old ships commissioned is expensive. Expertise on the hulls ages out and retires, technology moves on and maintenance demands increase and don't decrease. These life extensions are random and...
Censorship Down Under
The Australian parliament pushes through a bill that will now control access to social media. Like most censorship and prohibition acts it is done under the guise of child protection, the fear mongering used has been constant. Children can be groomed, manipulated and...
Right Diagnosis, Wrong Prescription
The populist Sanders-left (which is actually broader because it includes Tucker Carlson and others called rightists) is partly correct and partly incorrect about what happened to the Democrats last Tuesday. They say correctly that the Democrats failed because they...
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